An exploding dog has been blamed for an overheating chimney which sparked an alert at a Darwin pet crematorium last night.

Emergency services were called to the crematorium after a passing motorist reported the premises were on fire. Three fire trucks and a police car investigated a reported 'red glow' coming from the chimney flue. Authorities confirmed flames were coming out of the flue and called the proprietor.

He revealed that a frozen dead dog in the furnace was the cause of the overheating chimney, as frozen dogs sometimes explode when cremated.

Exploding Dog Syndrome (EDS), also known as Puppy-go-boom, is a terrible disease in which the dog's intestinal gasses (dog farts), rapidly build up until there is enough methane to create a large explosion, the color of said explosion is determined by what the dog has eaten recently.

I'm going to have to keep a closer eye on our beloved furball. He's been known to toot with the best of them. But he's so cute that we cut him some slack. I doubt we'd be as understanding if he were lighting stuff up in the process :)

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